President William Ruto has executed a small but significant U-turn by unpicking plans to increase the cost of fuel. The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced o...

Somalia's dismissal of Kenya's call mediation over a long-running maritime dispute, which the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided in Somalia's favour in October 2021, coul...

Kenyans are bracing themselves for two years of budgetary austerity but the scale of the hit to payslips will be delayed after the Supreme Court blocked the Finance Bill, which set...

Frustrated by the lack of progress on debt relief schemes and the launch of a UN-managed tax to compensate countries for 'loss and damage' caused by climate change, African leaders...

After nine months in power, Kenya's President William Ruto has not appeared shy about wielding executive power. So, he has surprised his counterparts with a call to reform the Afri...

Pressure is piling on President William Ruto's government over planned tax rises in the Finance Bill due next week that has prompted the country's public service trade unions to pe...

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta had appeared intent on retiring from politics. Instead, he wants to stay on as leader of the rump Jubilee party following a chaotic week in which ri...